Log-buoy.



' J. H. JOHNSON.

LOG BUOY.

APPLlCATlON FILED SEPT- 28.. 19x4.

Patented May 11, 1915.

M W N 0558,1111, H dbl/125010 wuuaooao l THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTG-LITHOH WASHINGTON, D. C.

JOSEPH H. JOHNSON, 0F BLISSVILLE, ARKANSAS.

LOG-BUOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed September 28, 1914. Serial No. 863,809.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr I-I. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blissville, in the county of Drew and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Log-Buoys, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for causing logs of heavy wood to float in water in which they would otherwise sink, and my invention comprises floats or buoys of improved construction adapted to be applied to the opposite ends of the log to be floated, each of which floats is provided with pulleys through which passes a wire-rope or cable which serves to hold the buoys firmly against the end of the log and to prevent displacement of the log.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the log-floating buoys embodying my improvements and showing how they are applied to a log. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the buoys detached.

Each float or buoy comprises a cylinder A made of sheet metal and closed watertight by end pieces or heads B. To one end of each float are connected aseries of rings or pulleys C. Each pulley is attached to the float by a flexible connection a of wire or.

other such means.

D indicates a wire-rope or cable which is passed through the pulleys in the manner indicated. The pulleys, as will be observed, are arranged in circular series around the end of the float, and when the floats are applied to the ends of the log the cable D may be drawn tight, the log is held within the cage formed by the cable and the buoys are drawn tightly against the log.

By my improvements a very simple means is provided for floating logs of heavy wood which would otherwise sink.

The buoys may be quickly applied and may be as easily detached and applied to other logs.

While the floats are preferably of cylindrical form they may, of course, be otherwise shaped, and while I prefer to use pulleys, it is obvious that the rope or cable may be passed through rings of ordinary construction.

The flexible connections 0 enable me to apply the buoys to logs of different sizes.

I claim as my invention:

1. Means for floating heavy logs, comprising two floats, pulleys applied in circular series to said floats and a wire or cable passing through the pulleys and adapted to Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O. 

